Bob Dylan – Ballad Of A Thin Man (Ukulele)

Capo 2
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Bob Dylan From: "Highway 61 Revisited" (1965) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: soprano C --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO / OUTRO
  Bm     Em Bm     Bm     Em Bm
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  

A|2---------------|2---------------|
E|2---2-2-3-2-----|2---2-2-3-2-----|
C|2---2-2-4-2-----|2---2-2-4-2-----|
g|4---------------|4---------------|

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CHORDS 
        g-C-E-A
Bbaug   3-2-2-1
E9      1-2-2-2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO
| Bm | % | % | % | 
(see above)
VERSE 1
Bm
 You walk into the room

Bbaug
 With your pencil in your hand

D
 You see somebody naked

       E9
And you say, “Who is that man?”

G
 You try so hard

       Em
But you don’t understand

D                F#m
Just what you’ll say

             Bm
When you get home

D                     F#m    
 Because something is happening here

        Bm                 D 
And you don't know what it is, 

G              Bm
Do you, Mister Jones
INTERLUDE
| Bm | % | 
(see above)
VERSE 2
Bm
 You raise up your head

Bbaug
 And you ask, “Is this where it is?”

D
 And somebody points to you and says

E9
  “It’s his”

G                                    
 And you say, “What’s mine?”

             Em 
And somebody else says, “Where what is?”

            D 
And you say, “Oh my God

     F#m        Bm 
Am I here all alone?”

   D             F#m    
But something is happening

        Bm                 D
But you don’t know what it is

G              Bm
Do you, Mister Jones
INTERLUDE
| Bm | % | 
(see above)
VERSE 3
Bm
 You hand in your ticket

Bbaug
 And you go watch the geek

D
 Who immediately walks up to you

E9
  When he hears you speak

G                                    
 And says, “How does it feel

  Em
To be such a freak?”

                D
And you say, “Impossible”

      F#m          Bm
As he hands you a bone

   D             F#m    
And something is happening here

        Bm                 D
But you don’t know what it is

G              Bm
Do you, Mister Jones
INTERLUDE
| Bm | % | 
(see above)
MIDDLE 8
Bm
  You have many contacts

D
  Among the lumberjacks

   G
To get you facts

                               Bm
When someone attacks your imagination

Bm
  But nobody has any respect

D
  Anyway they already expect you

G
  To just give a check

   Em                           A       [G7]
To tax-deductible charity organizations
VERSE 4
Bm
 You’ve been with the professors

    Bbaug
And they’ve all liked your looks

D
 With great lawyers you have

   E9
Discussed lepers and crooks

G
 You’ve been through all of

             Em
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s books

D                 F#m
 You’re very well read

          Bm
It’s well known

   D             F#m    
But something is happening here

        Bm                 D
But you don’t know what it is

G              Bm
Do you, Mister Jones
INTERLUDE
| Bm | % | 
(see above)
VERSE 5
         Bm                               Bbaug
Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you
[Abaug] And then he kneels
D
 He crosses himself

           E9
And then he clicks his high heels

        G
And without further notice

           Em
He asks you how it feels

              D                   F#m
And he says, “Here is your throat back

               Bm
Thanks for the loan”

D                          F#m    
 And you know something is happening 

        Bm                 D
But you don’t know what it is

G              Bm
Do you, Mister Jones
INTERLUDE
| Bm | % | 
(see above)
VERSE 6
Bm
 Now you see this one-eyed midget

Bbaug 
 Shouting the word “NOW”

D
 And you say, “For what reason?”

E9
 And he says, “How?”

G
 And you say, “What does this mean?”

               Em
And he screams back, “You’re a cow

D            F#m
Give me some milk

           Bm
Or else go home”

D                          F#m    
 And you know something is happening 

        Bm                 D
But you don’t know what it is

G               Bm
 Do you, Mister Jones
INTERLUDE
| Bm | % | 
(see above)
VERSE 7
          Bm
Well, you walk into the room

       Bbaug 
Like a camel and then you frown

D
 You put your eyes in your pocket

         E9
And your nose on the ground

G
 There ought to be a law

 Em
Against you comin’ around

    D
You should be made

   F#m      Bm
To wear earphones

D                    F#m    
 ‘Cause something is happening

        Bm                   D
But you don’t know what it is

G              Bm
Do you, Mister Jones
OUTRO
| Bm | % | 
(see above)
(repeat and fade)